"I don't believe in God, but I believe in Chris Jackson."
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tony Acceptance Speech, 2008
The beautiful Chris Jackson!
So just as an FYI, Blogger is making it very difficult to add pictures to my blog, from other websites. So I'm having to download a lot of photos. And it's really annoying. That just means I need to better organize my laptop.
BUT ANYWAY!!
Today's blog is dedicated to the amazing Christopher Jackson. He plays George Washington in Hamilton and he played Benny in In the Heights.
He is one of my favorite people. When the man sings, the world stops. I know I praised Leslie's voice in the last blog, but Chris' voice.
Why don't I just show you? Here is two videos. One of "Benny's Dispatch" from in the Heights. The other is "One Last Time" from Hamilton. I couldn't choose one, so you get both.
He's just amazing. He is Lin's best friend and they've been friends for a while.
I really want him to do a solo album. I really don't care what he sings. I just want him to sing.
Daveed, Lin, and Chris.
I don't have a long story about falling in love with Chris years ago, like I do about most of the people I post about.
How I fell in love with Chris Jackson? I was listening to the Hamilton soundtrack and I thought "The guy who plays Washington has a great voice. Who is he?" and BAM! Chris Jackson came into my life.
Then I listened to In the Heights and I really fell in love with him. I've been a fan of his for two months.
He was nominated for a Tony, but he didn't get it. I knew Daveed was going to win, but my money was on Chris the whole time. I am biased towards Chris. I named my Hamilton Tumblr after him
Besides him being an amazing singer, he's a composer. He won an Emmy a few years ago for his song in Seasame Street. The man can sing and he write children songs. Bless him.
And now I leave you with another quote from Lin about Chris, which I agree with 100%.
Here is a list of my top 5 Favorite Singers. I'll be counting down. This is all MY OPINION!! Everyone looks at these men differently. I personally love all of them, or they would have never made it on to my list.
And I'm sorry that it's so late, but life is a thing.
5. Leslie Odom Jr.
I did a blog about why I find Leslie so amazing, yesterday. The man is amazing and when he sings. it's just amazing. He's one of my favorite singers because his voice is very soothing.
The song I chose is not my favorite song from Hamilton, which Leslie sings, but it's the first solo song that he sings as Aaron Burr. The song is "Wait for It" and although it's not my favorite, ("Dear Theodosia" is) I still think it is a beautiful song and he sings it wonderfully.
I have fallen asleep to his voice on several occasions. It relaxes me. After a long day of writing, crying an fangirling, sometimes you just need to unwind and listen to Leslie Odom Jr,'s beautiful voice. If you want to read more about why I love Leslie check out the post here! Or just scroll down.
4. Hadley Fraser
I wrote two blogs about Hadley last year. One where I talked about him, Sierra Boggess, and Ramin Karimloo. You can find that one here! And I wrote another one just about him and about how much I love him. You can find that one here!
Choosing a song to put here was hard, because I had to figure out which one from Hadley that I REALLY loved because I love them all. I couldn't find a good quality video of "But For Me" which is always the first song stuck in my head when I think of Hadley, SO I got the next best song, "Again", which is one of my favorite songs, but I don't think it illustrates Hadley's ability, like "But For Me" does. But it's still a beautiful song, written by Scott Alan
I haven't listened to Hadley in a while. I think I'll fall asleep to him tonight.
3. Ramin Karimloo
So far I've only written one blog regarding Ramin. That blog is here! That blog was about three people, not just Ramin, but I will be writing a blog post about Ramin and Ramin alone very soon, because he is still one of my favorite people. I have been a fan of his since 2012. I have loved this man for the past four years.
Choosing the song for him was hard, because honestly, he is amazing in everything he sings, which is why I love him so much. I chose "Why am I Falling?" because I just love the song so much.
Although he didn't make it as number one on my list, I think that I have fallen asleep to his voice, much more than anyone else on this list.
2. Chris Jackson
I will be writing a blog about Chris very soon. He is amazing, His voice is just so beautiful. I have a playlist on my phone of his songs from Hamilton and In the Heights, so he can sing me to sleep.
I have chosen "History Has It's Eyes on You" from Hamilton, because it's a song I admire very much.
But his voice is just beautiful. I wouldn't say it's soothing, but I really love listening to his voice. I don't know why. I'm saving all my love for his voice for the actual blog post about him that I am currently writing. I'm getting all my feelings out.
1. Brendon Urie
First of all, let me tell you why Brendon is number one. I still remember the first time I heard "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" on the radio. I remember the first time I saw "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" music video on TV.
Brendon Urie has been a huge part of my life for a long time and I will most likely be writing a blog post about him.
He is the lead singer of Panic! at the Disco. And I have listened to Panic! at the Disco at every funeral I've gone to, and I've been to more than I care to remember.
But Brendon's voice takes me away from my problems. Panic! at the Disco is my favorite band. And I think his voice has a huge part in that.
I have chosen "She Had the World (Alternate Version)" from Panic! at the Disco, because this is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's calming and his voice in the song is flawless.
Brendon Urie is truly amazing.
THERE IS MY TOP 5 FAVORITE SINGES!
Tell me who you're top five favorite singers are.
Each one of these singers, I have fallen asleep to on several occasions. They are all amazing and I will forever shamelessly advertise their music and whatever projects they are doing!
Leslie Odom Jr. is probably one of the most beautiful singers. He is definitely in my top five favorite singers. The man has been blessed with his voice.
This video that I included above is Leslie singing "Without You" from RENT, during the 2016 Obie Awards.
Isn't he amazing? He is currently on Broadway in the musical, Hamilton. He portrays Aaron Burr. The man who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton. However, Leslie is leaving the role on July 9th. I'm definitely going to write a blog post about him, Lin, and Pippa leaving.
I didn't "discover" Leslie, when I started loving Hamilton. I've known of his existence for a year or two, but I didn't really follow him. I first found him when I was binging Supernatural and he played Gus, a demon. I thought he was attractive, but I decided not to get attached because I figured he was going to die in he episode.
When I first fell in love with Hamilton, I saw him, recognized him, but left it at that. It wasn't until I watched the Hamilton meets Sweeney Todd performance that I actually was like "Wow!" and fell in love with him. I'll include the video below.
The entire cast is amazing. And I will be writing the post about Hamilton very soon. But yes, this video is one of my favorites of the entire cast.
"I'm the young Toby that got him!" The first time I watched that, I sat on my best friend's bed in his dorm and I laughed my ass off for a while.
Leslie Odom Jr. is amazing. And yes, he won a Tony. HE WON A FRICKING TONY!!! I watched the Tony Awards with my grandmother because of Hamilton. I admit, I never listened to any other show's soundtrack, but I was there for Hamilton, and they took home 11 Tonys! But yeah, I totally screamed when he won. I was so happy!
I feel like when Leslie sings, everyone stops to listen. He just released an album, which I haven't listened to, because I don't have the money to buy it, yet, but I know for a fact it's amazing. I heard a snippet of one of the songs, and it's amazing.
Not only can the man sing, he's just beautiful to look at. The man is just beautiful period.
I know besides Hamilton and Supernatural, I also know him from an episode of Grey's Anatomy and Gotham. So he's been popping up in my life randomly for years.
I am going to make up for having a longer post yesterday, by ending here. I am going to start "backlogging" a bunch of blog posts so I can start posting EVERYDAY!!
Farwell. I really wish, if I do have any avid readers, that you guys contact me and let me know you exist. I'd really like to know if I have a legit audience, or not.
If you don't know who Lin-Manuel Miranda is, let me explain you a thing. He is the writer, composer, and star of In the Heights and Hamilton. Two amazing musicals that, if you've never checked them out, you should. The soundtracks are on YouTube and on Spotify.
Here is my favorite song from Hamilton, "Dear Theodosia". Lin wrote it with his dog in mind. The first singer is the amazing, Leslie Odom Jr, who plays Aaron Burr in the musical and the second is Lin, who plays Alexander Hamilton.
This is my favorite song in the entire musical, because I think it's beautiful that both these new fathers are singing to their kids.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is someone who has semi been in my life longer than I've been obsessed with him.
In middle school, I used to watch this show with my little brother that I really liked. The show was called Electric Company. Lin would rap in a few episodes and he played a guy names Mario. I really liked when he would rap in the episodes, but I never really cared who he was outside of Electric Company. But I had "Hard and Soft G" and "Silent E is a Ninja" stuck in my head for eternity. To this day I still remember them.
On top of Lin being in Electric Company, he did one of my favorite songs in Seasame Street. I didn't really like Seasame Street, at the time, but I watched it with my baby cousin at the time. My favorite skit at the time was Murray has a Little Lamb, or whatever it was called. Guess who did the theme song for that skit. Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was another song that was constantly stuck in my head.
Fast forward to my freshman year of college, I kept hearing about Hamilton non-stop because it was getting big. And it's a great musical. I haven't seen it, but from the few videos that exist, the book, and the soundtrack it's amazing. But I only really knew Lin as the guy from Electric Company. I kept having Hamilton in the back of my mind to listen to the soundtrack, but I didn't listen until Andrew Chappelle came into my life.
Andrew is an ensemble member and swing. He's he understudy for Laurens/Phillip and Lafayette/Jefferson. I followed him on Instagram, I'm not sure why, but I'm glad I did follow him because I saw pictures of him and Jonathan Goff (who I love from Glee) from when the Hamilton cast performed at the White House, and that caught my attention.
Here is Andrew dressed as Lafayette
And if it wasn't for Andrew Chappelle, I still would never have listened to the Hamilton soundtrack and fallen in love with Lin-Manuel Miranda's work.
I fell in love with Hamilton before I fell in love with In the Heights, but both are amazing. The entire cast of both are amazing. I will most likely be writing a blog post for both musicals and some actors in the musical.
But anyway. This post is about Lin, not his musicals. I'll save my praise for those blog posts.
He is just an amazing person.
Lin-Manuel Miranda it the most inspirational person I have ever had an obsession over. This is a man who wrote his first musical when he was 22 years old and still in college. He inspires me everyday. I am amazed by this man.
I love and appreciate this man so much, I cannot put it into words. I really can't. I wish I could so he could know what he means to me, but words do no exist. Words cannot explain feelings.
And it's not another "I love him so much it hurts". I genuinely appreciate him. I am so glad I finally listened to Hamilton and learned about hi life.
Honestly, towards the end of my second semester of my freshman year of college, I was thinking about not coming back. I was going to go home and go to community college and change my major. I was going to give up. But Lin-Manuel Miranda inspired me to keep going. Because of him I will continue going to college.
I am now double majoring in history and in theater. I will pass my classes and finish college. I want to be a teacher and maybe one day run my own museum. Maybe even finish and publish a book. And if it wasn't for Mario from Electric Company coming back into my life after 5(ish) years, I would have given up on all of that.
Thank you, Lin. I know you'll never see this. And you'll probably never know how much you actually mean to me, but thank you so much.
But it's not just because he inspires me that I love and appreciate him.
This man is too good for the world. Like listening to his voice, whether he's singing, rapping, or talking makes me so calm. There's something soothing about his voice. I don't know what it is.
The way I explained it to my friend was his voice is like a goodness and my brain can't handle it because of how miserable and lost I've been for the past seven years. Almost like he's healing all the emotional damages with his voice. His voice makes me feel safe. I compared his voice to an emotional hug. And not just any hug. A hug from someone you love that makes you feel like you belong somewhere.
He makes me so happy. I really want him to know how much he's been an inspiration to me and I want him to know that he is such a good person and he deserves the world and everything good.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's existence reassures me that everything is going to be. No matter how bad things will get, it will always get better. He gives me hope for the future.
This post is getting long, but I can literally write pages about him and how much I appreciate him. And I have. I have a whole folder on my phone's notepad labeled "FEEELSSSS" and it's just full of my feelings about this amazing human being.
I have a lot more to say, but I'll end it here!
ALSO! I added my social medias and my emails in case any of you wanted to contact me. I don't know why you would want to,but they are there just in case.
Again I will apologize for not posing in a long ass time.
But hi. How are you? I know people read my blog, but no one eve comments, so I can't really socialize with you guys.
But hi. Hello. I have a Tumblr you can follow here. It's mostly a Hamiton/In the Heights blog, but I try to post on it as often as I can.
I am on summer vacation and I will put a daily alarm on my phone so I can post everyday. I am trying, but so much is going on at once.
To catch up on:
Lin-Manuel Miranda:
I have become obsessed with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who I will ofcourse make a post about. The man is amazing.
Hamilton:
The cast and crew are all amazing, I haven't seen the show, but I've pretty much memorized the soundtrack already. Will definitely write a post about it.
In the Heights:
Again: amazing cast and crew. I have pretty much memorized the entire soundtrack. There will be a post about it.
Double Majoring:
I have claimed a double major of history and theater so the work load will be doubled.
Leslie Odom Jr.:
HE WON THE TONY!!! So did Lin, but Lin has won several Tony's for his last musical.
Chris Jackson:
Another actor from Hamilton who I have learned to love so damn much!
Life:
I will be blogging about life. Maybe. Depends on what happens. I already blogged about my depression.
I am re-downloading the blogging app on my phone so I can blog more. And I plan to draft random blogs, so if I don't have anything to blog about on a given day, I can just post whatever is drafted.
I really want this blog to grow. I've had it for a year and a half, I started it late January of 2015 nd it's mid June 2016 now.
THANK YOU!!!
I'm not going to promise to be on more often because we all know how well that went the last few times.
I'm not promising. Just know I really am trying, but if I have no idea for a blog, that's what makes it hard.
I haven't posted in a while. I'm sorry! I am really trying to do better! However, it's hard because it I close to finals and also since I'm a theater minor, I am helping with my college's production of Hair, which is two weeks away. I'M SORRY!!
Anyway, I wanted to write a post about Jordan Fisher. If you don't know who he is, he is the photo above. He played Seacat in Teen Beach Movie, which probably was his biggest role until recently. He played Doody in Grease Live! As someone who religiously grew up with the original 1978 film, with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, I think that he did a really great job.
He sang solo in the song, "Those Magic Changes" which has become my favorite song on the Grease Live! soundtrack. I'll insert the song below:
I'm sorry that the volume is so low. I can't change that, because it's part of the video. He is adorable and he sings very well. I never appreciated Jordan in Teen Beach Movie. My attention was grabbed by Riker Lynch, Garrett Clayton, and John DeLuca.
But since then, I have "unfanned" Riker and "fanned" Jordan. So I most likely will be watching it from a different perspective.
It's funny because as I was watching Grease Live! (which is on Netflix, by the way! ((and the soundtrack is on Spotify)) I looked at Doody and thought "he's cute and he's got a nice smile". It's weird because I recognized his smile, but I didn't know from what. After I watched the show in its entirety (even the bows at the end) I googled the cast. I looked at his name, Jordan Fisher, which was familiar, but from what? I went to his IMDb page, because unfortunately, he doesn't have a Wikipedia page, yet, and the first thing I noticed Teen Beach Movie. And then I clicked on it and yes, he plays Seacat.
I will probably be doing a few blogs about Grease Live! Probably a post about the show itself and then a blog comparing this cast to the original cast. Also probably a post about the actors themselves.
And I know, I owe you guys a lot of blog posts, but I am trying. I blog when I can and when I'm in the mood. I don't want to blog crappiness to you guys. I don't even know who any of you are, or if I even have actual.
Also, why is the Teen Beach Movie sequel called Teen Beach 2? I mean I know they stole the title idea from what happened with High School Musical and it worked, but still. The sequel title is so weird. And I know that I am a 19 year old college student who still enjoys Disney Channel original movies. Leave me alone! I will never outgrow Disney. But only if they keep making good movies and shows.
Like Teen Beach Movie is good. Jessie, Girl Meets World, Austin and Aly, and Liv & Maddie are good shows, but everything else is just mediocre, at least in my opinion. I'm from the generation of High School Musical, Cheetah Girls, Lizzie Maguire, Kim Possible. So I have a high expectations for Disney Channel.
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